The final days of the trial were upon us in “Murder in the First,†and the big question on everyone’s mind was: Did Blunt actually do it or not? And would he be found guilty or get off scot-free? In “Win Some, Lose Some,†we found out, and the answer wasn’t pretty. Is it ever?
We started with Ivana West’s testimony, which served to help Blunt, as she had no real motive to protect him, what with her becoming the CEO of Blunt’s company if he was found guilty of the crime. Still, West is not the warmest human being in the world, so Blunt still felt he should speak to the jury himself, which he ultimately ended up doing, for better or for worse, after Salter testified about Terry’s trying to set Blunt up for a drug bust entrapment.
For the most part, it went surprisingly well, though defense team leader Daniels was actively against it. Understandably, as Blunt’s true colors began to shine through towards the end, when he snidely attacked the prosecution leader, Siletti (Currie Graham), coming off as incredibly arrogant. Of course, we’ve known all along that Blunt is a D-bag, but was he really a murderer? The final result now mostly lied in the effectiveness of Daniels’ closing argument- or the prosecution’s, as the case might be.
I thought both were pretty solid, and I liked the way the closing argument sequence was shot, with snippets of each lawyer’s speeches juxtaposed against one another, so that you could hear one sides’ take on the matter at hand, directly followed by how the matter was addressed by the other side, instead of the typical approach of showing one, then the other. I do think that Daniels was the more effective of the two, and that Siletti probably didn’t help matters by the way he put certain things- i.e. the ick-inducing comment about how Blunt killed Cindy while “his semen was still in her mouth.†Real classy, dude, even if it is true.
In the end, the jury agreed, as Blunt was declared not guilty. Ah, but it was hardly over, as, in one last dick move, Blunt approached Hildy and Terry afterwards and flat-out confessed he did it, citing that the double jeopardy law would cover his butt and keep him from actually going down for it in the future. From the looks of next week’s preview, Terry is going to try and take Blunt down for the murder of Kevin Neyers, aka Blunt’s dad. That is, if he actually did it.
That was mostly it, save Terry visiting convicted murderer Chris Walton in jail to try and get more info on who might have really killed Neyers and Wilkerson making a last-ditch effort to save his marriage to no avail, before finding out that Blunt had been the one to send his wife the copy of the sex tape in order to free Bill from what Blunt saw as a miserable existence.
There was also poor Hannah realizing that Blunt was likely going to come out on top of this yet again. “I feel like he raped me twice and got away with it,†she said to a perhaps-a-little-too-comforting Molk. Pretty heartbreaking.
Oh, and Terry bedded down with realtor Jasmine- understandable, as she was played by the delectable Dilshad Vadsaria- but then screwed it up royally by somewhat overreacting when she said she loved him. Yes, it was way too soon on her part, especially knowing his circumstances like she did, but good for her for storming out and saying he didn’t deserve her: after that outburst, he really didn’t.
Anyone but me think that there was something fishy going on there with all of that? Maybe I’m over-thinking it, but given the show’s tendency to waste no part of the animal, I’m thinking that there’s a reason for all of this, and it’s not good. Not sure what it does mean, mind you, but I’m just saying.
That was really it, as the trial was understandably and justifiably the main event of the episode at hand. The outcome was as expected, but that scene where Blunt confessed to Terry and Hildy was admittedly the most chilling thing in the episode, with the possible exception of the scene with Hannah realizing that good guys- or girls, in this case- often finish last. Tough stuff, but it ain’t over until the fat lady sings, as they say. We’ll just see what happens next for the sleazy Blunt- he might just wish he’d kept his mouth shut.
What did you think of “Murder in the First†this week? Were you surprised by the verdict? Or by Blunt’s confession? Do you now think he might have killed his father as well? Will he kill again? Will Hannah seek her own personal justice against him? Or even Molk, on her behalf? Will Terry clear Walton’s name? What will happen next? Make your predictions below, and see you next time!